Coincidentally, I recently threaded the needle to restore a ripped off tail to one of Joan’s favorite mouse toys.
I have to admit it took me a lot longer to literally thread the needle than in times past. I’m trying to metaphorically thread the needle between blaming this on my age or the tiny-holed needles in that sewing kit.
Thinking ahead to the mid-term elections, I hope my country can thread the needle between self-interest and justice for all. Otherwise, we’re all going to get stuck.
Should we thread the needle by finding a path through the rest of today’s post?
1: a station set between principal stations on a line of travel (such as a railroad)
2: an intermediate stopping place
Synonyms
station, stop
Examples of way station in a Sentence
a way station for truck drivers
Recent Examples on the Web
The house became a gathering place for an indelible cultural moment, a way station for Andy Warhol, Terry Southern, Ike and Tina Turner, and Black Panthers.
— Mark Rozzo, The New Yorker, “Dennis Hopper’s Quiet Vision of Nineteen-Sixties Hollywood,” 22 Dec. 2019
In my way, I tried to make that definition of “way station” a way station (an intermediate stopping place) within today’s post.
I think it’s helpful, here and now, to think of every thing we experience — alone and together — as way stations on our way to where we are going.
Do you see any way stations in my photographs from yesterday?
As I’m moving among way stations, I often listen to The Way Up by the Pat Metheny Group. Here‘s the Opening and Pt. One of The Way Up from the way station YouTube:
On your way today to other way stations, I hope you spend some time listening to The Way Up and also in the way station of the comments sections, below.
No matter what the way station, I am grateful to be there and grateful for YOU.
Since last month, when somebody told me that something I wrote didn’t pass the “Why should I care?” test, I’ve cared too much about that comment. I’ve tried to let go of caring so much about that by
I not only care, I express my caring with gratitude at the end of every post. Thanks to all who helped me create this “Why Should We Care?” post and — of course! — to you, my caring readers.
It’s almost totally natural for me to remind you that you can click on any photo to enlarge it.
I posted one of those photos yesterday on Facebook with the caption “Almost totally natural.” It’s almost totally natural for me to ask you to guess which photo that is.
It’s almost totally natural that over four million people have watched that video.
It’s almost totally natural for me to ask for feedback and to look for new ways to thank those who help me create these blog posts and — of course! — YOU.
Yesterday, both of my therapy groups wanted to discuss people and situations that drive them nuts.
If idioms you don’t understand drive you nuts, here’s an explanation of “driving me nuts” from knowyourphrase.com :
Meaning:
To be greatly frustrated or annoyed. The word “nuts” is sometimes replaced by the words crazy, bonkers, bananas, insane, or up the wall. However, the meaning remains unchanged.
When people are annoyed to the point where they can no longer tolerate anymore, they might use this common idiom to describe their frustrations.
Origin:
According to the website Word-Detective, by the mid to late-1800s, the word ‘nut’ was slang to mean a person’s head. Not long after, it looks like it also acquired the meaning of someone who was not acting right in the head, e.g., a person acting strange or crazy might be described as “nuts” or being “off their nut.”
The earliest example I could find of this phrase in writing comes from the newspaper The Bilioxi Daily Herald, printed in the year 1884. The idiom is written under an advice column, where people could write in asking a woman named Ann Landers for advice:
“DEAR ANN LANDERS: I am a boy, 18 years old, a high school senior, and my dad is driving me nuts! He has read a lot about drugs and is scared to death I might be trying something.”
Example Sentence(s)
* My neighbor is blaring loud music and it’s really driving me nuts. Maybe I should go tell them to stop.
* Emily is driving herself nuts over the job interview she has tomorrow, and she’s having trouble sleeping from the anxiety.
Ann is driving herself nuts over (1) the plane trip she is taking tomorrow and (2) how painful her shoulder is, and she’s having trouble sleeping from the anxiety.
When people in my groups kept focusing on what drives them nuts (which included rude people and politicians), I eventually drove the discussion towards coping strategies. I asked people to focus on what helps when things drive them nuts, and they were able to identify many things , including:
taking a breath,
taking a shower,
nature,
patting a cat,
phoning a friend,
reading,
writing,
good food,
cleaning,
being in the moment, and
getting something done they were procrastinating.
It’s driving me nuts that I can’t remember any more of the many coping strategies people discussed yesterday.
Do any of these photos drive you nuts?
It drives me nuts what happened to Whitney Houston, whose birthday was yesterday. Here and here are some of her amazing live vocal moments:
Feel free to comment about what drives you nuts and what helps you cope.
I hope gratitude doesn’t drive you nuts, because I have a lot of it for all who helped me create this post and — of course! — for YOU.
Here are the details of my other photos from yesterday.
Nothing says fun like this video where it’s all in the details.
It’s all in all the details for comedian Todd Barry, whom my son saw Friday night.
I noticed that some of the details in Todd Barry’s routine are about Chicago. It’s all in the details when you travel and I’m traveling to Chicago with my son in two weekends.
I’m looking forward to all the details in your comments below.
It’s all in the details when you express gratitude, so thanks to everyone who helped me create today’s detailed post and — of course! — to YOU.
The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally 